Shoe-holder for boot-blacking stands.



PATENTED JULY 21, 1903.

E. L. HANN. SHOE HOLDER FOR BOOT BLAGKING STANDS.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. 4. 1902.

N0 MODELv WifDZSSQS Patented J'uly 21, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

EDMUND LYNE I-IANN, OF DENTON, TEXAS.

SHOE-HOLDER FOR BOOT-BLACKING STANDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 734,173, dated July 21, 1903- l Application filed December 4, 1902. derial No. 133,907. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDMUND LYNE HANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Denton, in the county of Denton and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Shoe- Holder for Boot-Blacking Stands, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in shoe-holders for boot-blacking stands.

The object of the invention is to improve the construction of shoe-holders for bootblacking stands and to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive device of great strength and durability adapted to hold a boot or shoe firmly-in position during the op eration of polishing the same and capable of readily adjusting itself to either a right or left hand boot or shoe and to boots or shoes of different sizes.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a shoe-holder constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is avertical sectional View of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan View, the diagonally-arranged connecting device being shown in one position in full lines and in the other position in dotted lines. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings. v

1 designates a foot-rest comprising-a baseplate 2, an upright portion or standard 3, and an inclined foot-plate 4, which'is adapted to receive a boot or shoe, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The base of the foot-rest is approximately elliptical and is designed to be secured to a stand by suitable fastening devices. The upright portion or standard 3 is provided with a central circular opening 5 to lighten the structure;butthefoot-rest, which preferably consists of a casting, may beconstructed in any other desired manner- The inclined foot-rest plate 4 has its rear end 6 extended upward to forms. projecting the said heel 'at the front of the same, whereby the shoe is firmly held against forward and lateral movement on the foot-rest plate.

other suitable material, to enable them to engage a boot or shoe sole at opposite sides thereof without marring the same. The bars or members are pivotally connected at their front ends by rivets 11 or other suitable fastening devices to a reversible oscillatory connecting device 12, centrally pivoted and adapted to swing from the position illustrated in full lines in Fig. 3 of the drawings to that illustrated in dotted lines. The bars or members when arranged as illustrated in full lines in Fig. 3 of the drawings are adapted for engaging a right-hand boot or shoe sole, and one of the bars or members extends outward and rearward beyond the other, and the jaws are adapted to engage the sole of the shoe in rear 'of the widest portion thereof and at points adjacent to. the instep, whereby the shoe is firmly held against backward movement on the foot-rest plate.

The guides 8 preferably consist 'of slotted blocks having shanks secured to the plate at opposite sides thereof. The oscillatory connecting device is disposed'diagonally of the foot-rest plate, and it is connected by a rivet or other pivot 13 to a slide 14, having an upright extension or lug at its front end and oppositely beveled at its upper edge15to fit an approximately V-shape'd'groove 16 of the lower face of the foot-rest plate. The footrest plate is provided in advance of the groove 16 with a slot 17, extending longitudinally of the plate and receiving the front lug18 of the slide and permitting the latter to reciprocate longitudinally of the foot-rest plate.

The slide is provided at its lower edge with teeth 19 to form a rack which meshes with a toothed segment 20 of a lever 21, pivoted at 22 to the upright or standard of the foot-rest and provided at its lower end with a suitable grip or handle 23 and adapted to be oscillated to engage the jaws of the bars or members with a shoe, whereby the latter is tightly clamped on the foot-rest plate. The lever is provided near its lower end with a stud or projection 24, extending from its inner face and adapted to engage any one of a series of indentations 25, formed in the lower portion of the upright or standard and arranged at the bottom of the opening 5. By this construction the slide and the automatically-adjustable bars or members are locked against movement to hold a boot or shoe firmly on the foot-rest.

It will be seen that the shoe-holder is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, that it is capable of firmly clamping a boot or shoe, and that it is adapted to adjust itself to the size of the shoe and to right and left boots and shoes.

An important feature of the construction resides in the fact that the clamp members are movable longitudinally of the foot-rest, and thus after engaging the opposite edges of the sole of a shoe they draw the latter forward, and thus force the forward side of the heel of the shoe against the heel-stop notwithstanding variations in the lengths of shoes engaged thereby.

It is to be noted that only two points on the sole and none on the heel are clamped by my device and that the clamp engages the sole beneath the instep, where it will not interfere with the brush or other polishing device.

What is claimed is 1. A device of the class described comprising a foot-rest, provided with a foot-plate, a slide arranged to move longitudinally of the foot-plate and provided with a rack, an oscillatory device connected with the slide, shoeengaging bars or members connected with 'the oscillatory device, and an operating-lever provided with teeth meshing with the rack, substantially as described.

2. A device of the class described comprising a foot-rest provided with a foot-plate, a slide movable longitudinally of the foot-plate and provided with a rack, shoe-engagingbars or members connected with the slide, an operating-lever provided with teeth meshing with the rack, and means for locking the lever.

3. A device of the class described comprising a foot-rest having a foot-rest plate provided with a longitudinal slot, said foot-rest plate being also provided at its lower face with a groove extending from the slot, a slide arranged to reciprocate in the groove and having a portion operating in the slot, an oscillatory device connected with the slide, means for operating the slide, and bars or members connected with the oscillatory device and arranged to engage a boot or shoe, substantially as described.

4. The combination with a foot-rest provided with a foot-plate having a heel-stop to engage the breast of the heel, of shoe-clamping members adapted to engage the shoe-sole in rear of its widest portion, and means for operating the members to clamp a shoe and to simultaneously move the same forward longitudinally to force the breast of the heel against the stop.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EDMUND LYNE HANN.

Witnesses:

O. P. PoY, NETTIE EGAN. 

